So, in case you have been living under a rock (or just don't track launched games religiously), theres a new FREEmium game launched a week (or so) ago for iPhone/iPad by our very own Singapore based game developer company LambdaMu games and produced by Chillingo who apparently is a pretty bigshot in the gaming world.
GAME DESCRIPTION
Welcome to the world of Utopia where YOU create the city and the residents.
Greet new clones to Utopia at the arrival centre, then find them a place in your new world. Splice genes of residents and combine their skills to discover new Pixel People to join your thriving city.
• VARIETY IS THE SPLICE OF LIFE
Combine the properties of Utopia residents to create up to 150 new occupants, each one suited to a special role in your new society. You can create Athlete Stanley Cupp, Judge Judy Schuss, or even Buccaneer Yoho Howe!
• MONEY MONEY MONEY
Each new job you create for a Utopian resident puts money in the bank, and the more residents you place in each building, the more money you make! Use your cash to build more residences, places of work, and to expand your land. Collect or buy Utopium to speed up building processes and reveal secret recipes for creating exotic residents.
• LOTS TO DO
As your population grows, love can blossom in Utopia too, and you can earn a sweet bonus for every 11 love hearts you collect. Bonuses could be coins, Utopium, or even a wild animal to wander your world?
• EASTER EGG
Discover all the secrets of Utopia with Pixel people's delightful hidden secrets — unlock certain buildings for enchanting surprises!
Greet new clones to Utopia at the arrival centre, then find them a place in your new world. Splice genes of residents and combine their skills to discover new Pixel People to join your thriving city.
• VARIETY IS THE SPLICE OF LIFE
Combine the properties of Utopia residents to create up to 150 new occupants, each one suited to a special role in your new society. You can create Athlete Stanley Cupp, Judge Judy Schuss, or even Buccaneer Yoho Howe!
• MONEY MONEY MONEY
Each new job you create for a Utopian resident puts money in the bank, and the more residents you place in each building, the more money you make! Use your cash to build more residences, places of work, and to expand your land. Collect or buy Utopium to speed up building processes and reveal secret recipes for creating exotic residents.
• LOTS TO DO
As your population grows, love can blossom in Utopia too, and you can earn a sweet bonus for every 11 love hearts you collect. Bonuses could be coins, Utopium, or even a wild animal to wander your world?
• EASTER EGG
Discover all the secrets of Utopia with Pixel people's delightful hidden secrets — unlock certain buildings for enchanting surprises!
MY TAKE
- Apocalypse came and went - you're now the Mayor of a sad empty piece of space.
- Repopulate the city by regenerating clones when you build new houses.
- Give clones jobs by splicing existing job to unlock new jobs (150 to choose from!)
- Build them their work buildings - buildings make money for you.
- You use the money to grow your city into a big epic city with animals, trees, parks, monuments, basketball courts etc.
Here's the video to whet your appetite abit more :
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Seeing how I am not really the most hardworking blogger (I'm
really only doing this cos I'm an awesome friend and Pixel People is
the brainchild of some friends, so just spreading the love. Played it as a favor (and also any chance to be critical I will happily take up :D) 2 months before the launch as a playtester.), alot of
information I just copied and pasted (I really don't know much about
copyright laws of copying and pasting peoples work... I assume I just
need to mention where I got it from... right?)
ANYHOO.
This is of course not to say that the game isn't good - unbiasedly it really is nothing short of addictive.
Well that's really putting it mildly. It is nothing short of a black hole of time suck.
And would I play it again? Yes. I replayed the whole game twice. Voluntarily.
Here's some screencaps of the result of my hours of mindless farming lovely city.
(And yes, being patriotic, I've added some widely utilized Singaporean jargon for the description as well.)
CITY CENTER
I'm the mayor so I get a nice house surrounded by trees and water.
And a statue I dedicated to myself after all the hardwork I put into building my people an awesome city.
DOWNTOWN
To
encourage the neighbouring aliens to come visit, my hotel is next to
the spa (who doesn't like a good massage on holiday!), afterwhich they
can take a leisurely stroll to my farmers market right next door to pick
out our freshest space greens! All freshly grown in the greenhouse next
door. (Yes I know I spent waaaay too much time on this game).
RESIDENTIAL AREA
To encourage my citizens to be healthy and happy and maximize productivity, I gave each block their VERY OWN POOL. I really should be mayor of a real city.
So this is where I dumped most of my random non categorizable buildings (yes and there's quite alot of them).
And
in hopes that my people will learn to be eco friendly, I've built a
Nature Reserve for them to visit the many animals that live in the
trees.
Like this gummy bear here.
And that's me!
(Come visit me at the Sheriffs Dept under the "Wanted List"!)
Anyway, don't just take my word for it!
Reviews BY EXPERTS for all you non-believers.
“Pixel People takes an apocalyptic future and makes it hopeful,
cheerful and bright—if it’s where freemium games are headed, we have a
lot to look forward to.” — Touch Arcade, 5/5
“Pixel People is an excellent and addictive mash-up of town building and element combining. Download it!”— IGN, 9.0/10
“Seriously good” — Computer & Videogames, 8/10
“It’s got charm in spades, depth of play and an awful lot of
content to keep your fingers busy for a long time to come.” — Modojo,
4.5/5
“Simple, elegant and endlessly entertaining” — Kotaku
“The game strikes a great balance between accessibility, with its
loveable pixelated population, familiarity, and innovation…” — EDGE
And for those who are too lazy to scroll up to find the link, click here again to download.
Have fun! It's FREE.
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